Building record MHG52575 - Ravensdale, Corpach

Martin Briscoe has identified this house in a photograph featured in a book about The Northern Barrage, published by the US Naval Institute in 1919. The Northern Barrage was a large minefield laid across the North Sea. The works were based at Inverness and Alness. Mines were brought in to Kyle of Lochalsh for shipment by railway to the east coast and to Corpach for shipment through the canal to Inverness. The book features many photographs, including a large number of US naval personnel photographed outside a house in Corpach. From the distinctive tracery on the porch, this building has been identified as Ravensdale. <1><2>